Baseball And Belief Engines

Baseball And Belief Engines

In a few short hours, the World Series will begin between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals.  In the midst of all the talk of how offense is winning games this year (team Earned Run…
Just Like Magic

Just Like Magic

It's been a while, Science 2.0. My excuse (if anybody needed one): I've been rather busy over the summer with fieldwork. Not a good excuse, admittedly. But, anyway, I'm back now! Anyway. There's a…
Another Step Towards Biological Computers

Another Step Towards Biological Computers

Earlier this year, a DNA computer was reported that could calculate square roots. A little later, a neural network was constructed out of ‘the stuff of life’. These advances strongly hinted at the…
Squid Fight Recession

Squid Fight Recession

Times are tough all over. But did you know that the Atlantic longfin squid is doing its part to help the economy? In an article by Kirk Moore of Asbury Park Press about the decline of river herring…
What If Apple Ran U.S. Health Care?

What If Apple Ran U.S. Health Care?

Quick, which British cell phone do you use?   No?  Okay, which French microprocessor is in your PC?  No again? America leads the world in innovation, the legacy of historical laissez-…
Chimps in advertising

Chimps in advertising

Recently a news item from Duke University appeared: "Cute" Chimps in Ads May Harm Species' Survival "We were testing the argument that the entertainment industry has made that exposure to chimpanzees…
Brain fatigue

Brain fatigue

Recently, I read an article in the New York Times entitled Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? which presents neurological work showing contrary effects in people trying to exercise will power:…
ICARUS Refutes Opera's Superluminal Neutrinos

ICARUS Refutes Opera's Superluminal Neutrinos

The saga of the superluminal neutrinos took a dramatic turn today, with the publication of a very simple yet definitive study by ICARUS, another neutrino experiment at the Gran Sasso Laboratories,…